"And seeing a fig tree
afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing
thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the
time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it." - Mark 11:13-14
The tree was seen "from afar". When the world looks at us, they see us from afar. They see the show we put on for them. The world sees the many masks you put on to deceive them. Are you truly a child of God? When your friends see you, when your family sees you - do they see God in you? You profess faith and trust in the Lord and Savior, yet do you produce what you were ordained and made for? God is now coming to you hoping to "find something" in you. When God comes to you does He find "nothing but leaves"? Are you just full of words of deception and actions of hypocrisy?
Child you were called for a purpose, yet you are wandering around as if nothing matters.
The fig tree here was only the object of teaching that Jesus used to instruct his disciples, to instruct us. Though it was not the season of figs, this tree was flourishing. Do you go about your life pompous, making others who look at you to think that you are a fruitful christian? Understand this, your show will come to an end when they run to you to find solace and peace that the God you profess gives. Don't stray the children who God wants for his kingdom. Don't pretend to them like you know everything, and waver them in the path of finding Christ.
It had an abundance of leaves. The way it grew, made it seem like it lacked nothing.But little does the tree know that if the fig tree has too much nitrogen it produce very nice and lush leaves, but that is all! There is a lack of phosphorous that hinders the tree from giving fruit.
We need to examine our lives these days to see what we have too much of and what we have too little of. As a christian one of our goals is to bare fruit. If we have yet to produce any fruit for our gardener and Father, it is high time to examine ourselves. Do we partake in the world too much that we often forget to feed ourselves with God's word? Are we getting too much nitrogen and not enough phosphorous? Do we spend too much time talking to friends and family that we have lost the number to dial God? Do we spend too much energy and will power for worldly things that we become too tired to pray and praise God in the spirit? Do we spend too much time paying attention to the world that we end up hearing nothing that God wants to share? I could keep going with these Do we's.
Child, if you lack in even one of this area you are only producing lush leaves. It is very nice to see from the outside, but when a tired soul comes to find peace and hope, these leaves will do him no good. When a lost soul seeks to find guidance these leaves will do him no good. Do not wait for the day when God will say, "I do not know you." If you want to be known by God, then bring forth some fruits for his Kingdom. Live in the path he has drawn for you! Eat of the book of God, drink from the fountain of life and then only will you begin to bloom flowers which will bring the desired fruits for the Lord.
